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- From: mancus@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov (Keith Mancus 283-4283)
- Subject: Re: Are bikes really less polluting?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.150722.2676@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
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- Organization: MDSSC
- References: <1993Jan27.114423.9790@augustana.ab.ca>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 15:07:22 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.114423.9790@augustana.ab.ca>, petel@augustana.ab.ca writes:
- > In response to the posting on "Are bikes really less polluting:"
- >
- > I need to point something out in relation to the somewhat idealistic
- > concept of having a world which doesn't seem to have any form of auto-
- > mated transportation at all:
- > WE LIVE IN CANADA, A SEMI-ARCTIC CLIMATE.
-
- > This is just a little note to point out the dangers of going too far in our
- > attempts to make the world more environmentally sound. We need to take our
- > climate and conditions into account as well.
-
- And on the flip side, here in Houston we have 95F temperatures and 95%
- humidity for ~9 months. This is quite a strain to many people. I think
- I'm driving one of the last cars around that lacks air conditioning!
- We live in an industrial society. It is ridiculous for us to make
- sacrifices like this. I'm all for energy-efficient cars, more insulation
- in homes, etc. but as soon as you try to change my lifestyle, I'm going
- to plug my ears.
-
- --
- Keith Mancus <mancus@cheers.jsc.nasa.gov> |
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- "Money is never *mere*. It separates the feasible |
- from the infeasible." |
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